One-day Naikan therapy in day care programs for preventing alcoholism relapse

Abstract

  We studied the use of one-day Naikan therapy in preventing relapse for three patients undergoing addiction treatment for alcoholism.

  Method：Naikan therapy was done as a day care program twice per month, for eight hours at a time, in a Naikan therapy room. The objects of remembrance were the patients’ mother, relatives and the parts of their bodies.

  Results：All three patients showed improvements in cooperativeness, general well-being positive affect, expectation-achievement congruence, family group support and perceived ill health, as evaluated using the YG personality test, the Baum test and SUBI（Subjective Well-Being Inventory）. Thus, we conclude that the day care program with one-day Naikan therapy provides significant positive influence on the recovery process of addiction patients. So far, there has been no relapse for any of these patients, and they participate in the day care program continuously.